Journal
JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY
Volume 106, Issue 5, Pages 589-602Publisher
ALLEN PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1645/17-98
Keywords
Bothriocephalus; Cestoda; Tapeworms; Diversity; Freshwater Fishes; North America; Host Specificity
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Funding
- Fulbright Commission
- Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences [RVO: 60077344]
- Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic [LTAUSA18010]
- St. Norbert College
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Morphological and molecular evaluation of tapeworms of the genus Bothriocephalus Rudolphi, 1808 Cestoda: Bothriocephalidea), based on newly collected and uniformly fixed worms from freshwater fishes in Canada and the United States has revealed unexpected diversity. With a combination of selected morphological features and 4 molecular markers (18S rDNA V8 region, ITS1, ITS2, and COI gene sequences), the following morphotypes and lineages of the Bothriocephalus cuspidatus Cooper, 1917 complex were identified, several of which are specific to their respective fish definitive hosts and may represent separate species: B. cuspidatus sensu stricto from walleye, Sander vitreus (type host), which likely includes a miniature morphotype from Johnny darter, Etheostoma nigrum (both Percidae); Bothriocephalus morphotype from pumpkinseed, Lepomis gibbosus (Centrarchidae); and Bothriocephalus morphotype from rock bass, Ambloplites rupestris (Centrarchidae). The Bothriocephalus morphotype from goldeye, Hiodon alosoides (Hiodontidae), may also represent a separate lineage (possibly Bothriocephalus texomensis Self, 1954) but requires additional studies. A morphotype from smallmouth bass, Micropterus dolomieu, based on a single specimen, is morphologically and genetically very similar to the morphotype from rock bass. Morphological study of the scolex and strobila of heat-killed and fixed specimens has revealed consistent differences, often subtle, that allowed us to differentiate between these morphotypes.
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